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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/module.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/module.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index 901cd6ac2f1..be4807fb90e 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -1933,8 +1933,15 @@ static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod, /* Set up license info based on the info section */ set_license(mod, get_modinfo(sechdrs, infoindex, "license")); + /* + * ndiswrapper is under GPL by itself, but loads proprietary modules. + * Don't use add_taint_module(), as it would prevent ndiswrapper from + * using GPL-only symbols it needs. + */ if (strcmp(mod->name, "ndiswrapper") == 0) - add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE); + add_taint(TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE); + + /* driverloader was caught wrongly pretending to be under GPL */ if (strcmp(mod->name, "driverloader") == 0) add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE); |